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Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, (1972). First edition. "Advance Proof Copy" in light gray paperwraps printed in red on front cover. SIGNED by author on title page. Sunned on spine and edges, small stain on first leaf, otherwise near fine. Item #29493 More

New York: Doubleday, (1993). First U.S. edition, an uncorrected proof. A novel about a Canadian missionary, the child he saves and conflict with the Catholic Church. Fine in pictorial paperwraps. Item #35321 More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987. First edition. Pulitzer Prize winner. Uncorrected proof with no tentative publication date noted. Spine sunned, front cover and first several pages rumpled (appears to have served as a drink coaster for a short while), otherwise very good in blue, printed paperwraps. Item #49122 More

New York: Summit Books, (1987). First edition. AUTHOR'S FIRST NOVEL, preceded only by two translations from North Canadian Algonquin languages. Uncorrected proofs. Near fine in light blue paperwraps with background of spine and top edge of rear panel very slightly faded. Item #33811 More

New York: Random House, (2002). First edition. Uncorrected proof. INSCRIBED "To a Fellow Texan" and SIGNED by Justice O'Connor. Filled with family photos of the Days on the ranch. Tentative publishing date of February 2002. Fine in publisher's logo-printed paperwraps. Item #48869 More

London: Jonathan Cape, (1993). First editiion. U.S. proof copy published using the first UK sheets bound in pictorial wraps with "Nan A. Talese/ Doubleday" on the spine. Rear cover notes an October 1993 publication. The Nigerian born author's sequel to his Booker Prize-winning THE FAMISHED ROAD. Very minor edge wear... Item #29783 More

London: Secker & Warburg, 1953. First edition. Eleven essays, most of which make their first book appearance herein. Orwell wrote the title essay, "England Your England," as Nazi bombers flew overhead during The Blitz of 1941. Uncorrected proof in gray paperwraps printed in black on front only. Corner chipped from... Item #45880 More

New York: Random House, (1979). First edition. Uncorrected proof in red, printed paperwraps with slip laid in indicating a publication date of November 9, 1979. Handwritten notations on back cover note a few passages in the book as well as Pritchett's telephone number and address. Very good. NOTE: This copy... Item #49121 More

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., (1962). First edition. Uncorrected proof in tan, printed paperwraps. "Coming March 19, 1962" printed in black on upper front cover over-stamped in red and with "BOMC Selection Coming June 26, 1962" stamped in red beneath, as usually seen. Top corner of cover and first... Item #51262 More

Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, (1967). First edition. Uncorrected proof, very good in spiral-bound, teal, printed paperwraps. Biography of the 15th-century Italian noblewoman, illegitimate daughter of the Duke of Milan and a close friend's wife. Caterina later held the title of Lady and Countess, and was known as a.... Item #49101 More

New York: Dodd, Mead, 1941. First edition. Advance proof issue of this Red Badge Prize Mystery in glossy pictorial paperwraps. Very good with faded and sloped spine, spine and edge rubbing, and two closed to bottom back cover. Item #51333 More

New York: Pantheon, (2003). First edition. From his "The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency" series. Advance reading copy, as issued in slipcase and SIGNED by the author. Fine in slipcase showing an little shelf wear (otherwise near fine). Item #54651 More

New York: St. Martin's Press, (1991). An uncorrected proof of the first edition. INSCRIBED on half title and dated 10/12/91. The sequel to her 1991 Edgar Award-winning novel, NEW ORLEANS MOURNING, (which was her first Skip Langdon Mystery) making Smith the first American woman to win the award in this... Item #20354 More

No place: No publisher, (circa 1991). First edition. Oversize, 8 1/2 x 11 inch proofs bound with unprinted black cloth spine, clear plastic front cover and heavier black-paper back cover. First page, which serves as a front cover (visible through clear plastic) has handwritten title and author over the chapter... Item #52883 More